tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48465243716806592892018-03-05T16:59:04.952-08:00Nicole Bernier's BlogNicole Berniernoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4846524371680659289.post-49275838346194459992013-04-30T12:36:00.001-07:002013-04-30T12:36:02.632-07:00Miscellaneous Post - Pinterest Pictures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I was looking on Pinterest I found these pictures and immediately thought of this class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> ﻿</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TKFZotX-Tzo/UYAFnbUTFvI/AAAAAAAAAEI/bqrNo5-tptc/s1600/Disney+alternate+Titles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TKFZotX-Tzo/UYAFnbUTFvI/AAAAAAAAAEI/bqrNo5-tptc/s640/Disney+alternate+Titles.jpg" width="62" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> When I saw this picture I immediately thought of this class when we talked about Disney, and the hidden curriculum within children’s movies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Linda Christensen talked about the secret education that is in media.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; <span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">This secret education sends false messages that enforce the cultures of power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Some of the ideas that movies are really showing children that white people are the good guys and the black people are the bad guys, stepmothers are evil, and that you need to be pretty to be successful.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0TWkR3sKxO4/UYAHvxyKd6I/AAAAAAAAAEY/i_jJF2v0va8/s1600/NCLB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0TWkR3sKxO4/UYAHvxyKd6I/AAAAAAAAAEY/i_jJF2v0va8/s1600/NCLB.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">This picture reminded me of the article we read about tracking students, and how teachers need to create projects and assignments that are meaningful to the students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Doing the same type of worksheets day after day is not only boring but is meaningless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>A worksheet teaches the child to memorize facts, not learn about the importance and does not provide opportunity for discussion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Discussion allows the students to think for themselves and form options about topics.<o:p></o:p></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fpyri2AWJFk/UYAJV5ZUPyI/AAAAAAAAAEk/uLvM0CL3k_w/s1600/Cookies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fpyri2AWJFk/UYAJV5ZUPyI/AAAAAAAAAEk/uLvM0CL3k_w/s320/Cookies.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">When I saw this picture I just thought it was cute but then I read the comment underneath it that said, “<span lang="EN" style="color: #211922; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I would do this 1st week of elementary school - teaching about diversity or anti bulling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Cookies look different but have same ingredients... fun :-)”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>When I read that I connected it to all of our discussions on is separate equal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>We are all people; we are all made of the same types of organs and bones, so we should treat each other as equals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>This picture also reminded me of Collier and Rodriquez, and how it is important to include a child background and culture into the curriculum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Ignoring a child’s first language will only turn them off to learning, so teachers need to incorporate their native language into the classroom.</span></div><br />Nicole Bernierhttps://plus.google.com/117141064610837123229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4846524371680659289.post-67729966078336998952013-04-30T10:35:00.001-07:002013-04-30T10:35:37.662-07:00Savage Inequalities - Social Justice Event &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In my ECED 290 class we read and discussed chapter two from <a href="https://blackboard.ric.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-1027471-dt-content-rid-1174727_2/courses/1132-RICOL-ECED-290-SEC01/kozol%20%281991%29.pdf"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Savage Inequalities</span></i></a> by Jonathan Kozol.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>This article talked about the inequalities of schools and how the poverty levels play a big role in creating inequality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Kozol focuses on the people of Chicago, and starts by describing what the environment is like in the city.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Kozol states, “According to the 1980 census, 58 percent of men and women 17 and older in North Lawndale had no jobs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>The 1990 census is expected to show no improvement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Between 1960 and 1970, as the last white families left the neighborhood, North Lawndale lost three quarters of its jobs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>In the next ten years, 80 percent of the remaining jobs in manufacturing were lost” (pg. 42).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Many of these people are without jobs, this lead to some people losing their house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>This all affects the cities taxes which then affects the amount of funding that the schools receive. These schools do not have sufficient funds because there are no businesses nearby and many people are homeless or living in apartments, so the property tax going into the city is very low. <o:p></o:p><br /> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a5/Savageinequalities.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a5/Savageinequalities.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">This article connects to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Amazing Grace</i>, because in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Savage Inequalities</i> Kozol talks about how children in Chicago are also being trapped in this cycle. In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Savage Inequalities</i> Kozol states that, “Reading levels are the lowest in the poorest schools” (pg. 58).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The cycle keeps the poor people poor, and many times a lot is not expected of them therefore their education is lacking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Education is not equal across the board because many times these children have bad teachers, if they have a teacher at all. Most of the time teachers will call out or there is just no teacher for the class because they quit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Then Kozol talks about one teacher, Corla Hawkins, who goes above and beyond the call of duty for her students. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>This teacher is helping these children get out or the cycle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Hawkins is changing the atmosphere that the students learn in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Which connects to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">In Service of What?</i> by Kahne and Westheimer, because she is performing surgery and not just changing the Band-Aid. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://live.drjays.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/semi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="294" src="http://live.drjays.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/semi.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">This reading also connects to <a href="http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/wtlfiacchart.htm"><span style="color: blue;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What to Look for in a Classroom</i> by Alfie Kohn</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Kohn talks about signs to look for in a good classroom and signs that are possible reasons to worry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Kozol states, “The room is sparse: a large and clean but rather cheerless space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>There are very few of those manipulable objects and bright-colored shelves and boxes that adorn suburban kindergarten classrooms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The only decorations on the walls are posters supplied by companies that market school materials: “Winter,” “Spring,” “Summer,” “Autumn,” “Zoo Animals,” “Community Helpers.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Nothing the children or teacher made themselves” (pg. 44).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>This is exactly what Kohn says not to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Alfie Kohn says that in a good learning environment there is student work hanging up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Also the teacher will have handmade posters hanging up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.irc.vbschools.com/fortheweb/rules_sayings/images/ClassroomRulesK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.irc.vbschools.com/fortheweb/rules_sayings/images/ClassroomRulesK.jpg" width="234" /></a></div><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jWyvcfglRmI/T6R4XXNLElI/AAAAAAAAAY8/Pwi2IoX3Z8w/s1600/poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jWyvcfglRmI/T6R4XXNLElI/AAAAAAAAAY8/Pwi2IoX3Z8w/s320/poster.jpg" width="247" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Store Bought<br /><o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teacher Made</o:p><br /><o:p><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">I feel that this article also connects to Kliewer and the idea that students should not be separated in order to get quality education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Kliewer states that, “Success in life requires an ability to form relationships with others who make up the web of community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Though many of us have a certain level of control over who we meet and interact with, none of us can come close to claiming complete control.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>So we must learn to work with others, and this holds true whether we ultimately are destined…We have got to learn to get along as individuals and as citizens” (pg. 73 and 74).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>In order to be successful in life we need to build relationships with other people, so to do this we must work with others work are different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>So this connects to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Savage Inequalities</i> because having a separate school for the poor children, for the children with special needs, and for the “normal” children is not going to help them in any way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>As a society we need to learn how to get along with one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></div></o:p><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_Inequalities">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_Inequalities</a><br /><br />This video picks out a lot of important quotes from chapter one of Savage Inequalities.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/8mdlYaCjf2I?feature=player_embedded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/fDZOrrJw6qw?feature=player_embedded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div>Nicole Bernierhttps://plus.google.com/117141064610837123229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4846524371680659289.post-46105063161800710602013-04-21T17:22:00.000-07:002013-04-21T17:22:55.877-07:00Education is Politics by Ira Shor - Quotes I did not enjoy reading this article.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I felt that it was very repetitive and had to stop reading half way through the sixth page.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I had to start some of my other homework because I had to keep rereading things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Eventually I was able to finish reading this article.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p><br /> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">“People are naturally curious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>They are born learners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Education can either develop or stille their inclination to ask why and to learn” (pg. 12).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></div>“People begin life as motivated learners, not as passive begins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Children naturally join the world around them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>They learn by interacting, by experimenting, and by using play to internalize the meaning of words and experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Language intrigues children…” (pg. 17).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p><br /> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">These two quotes reminded me of little kids when they ask “why”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>When you answer their question and they keep asking why until you either tell them “That is just the way it is” or they get distracted and start doing something else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Children love to learn, however this does not mean that they love to learn about Shakespeare, Geometry or why the Earth is round.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Many kids do not care about these things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Teachers have to try to incorporate the students’ interests in the curriculum, make the information meaningful to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>For example, in math, if there are four or five students who play soccer, then make a couple math problems involving soccer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Having a group of boys doing word problems about butterflies is most likely going to result in the boys goofing off and being disruptive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">“The heart of the problem is that teachers are taught to lecture and give orders” (pg. 27).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></div>This quote did not make any sense to me when I read it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>In the few education courses I have taken, and the teachers that I know personally, I have never heard anyone say to just teach lectures and give orders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I work in a daycare, I teach dance and gymnastics, and I have worked at a summer camp, and when I teach I do everything in my power not to lecture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Enough explanation to understand the task, and examples; then if they still need help they ask questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p><br /> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">“I often ask students to tell me in writing why they took the class, what they want from it, and what suggestions they have for running it or improving their education at the college” (pg. 27).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></div>I personally hate when teachers and professors ask these questions, especially now in college.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Every class that I am taking is required of me, not because I feel like taking the class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Why am I taking the class? So I can graduate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>My professor for my special education class asked us that question, and everyone said because it is required.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Point to Share: <span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Teachers need to make the curriculum and learning meaningful for the students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Incorporating their favorite books, sports, hobbies, etc. into the material is a fun and creative way to teach a lesson.</span></span><br /> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OfPQ7t92Xys/TwRymg8RaiI/AAAAAAAAlOU/ZWN2BdO424w/s1600/Politics+0448.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="244" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OfPQ7t92Xys/TwRymg8RaiI/AAAAAAAAlOU/ZWN2BdO424w/s320/Politics+0448.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This picture also connects to the tracking&nbsp;article we read.Nicole Bernierhttps://plus.google.com/117141064610837123229noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4846524371680659289.post-91456853119138859852013-04-14T17:18:00.001-07:002013-04-14T17:18:27.746-07:00Citizenship in School: Reconceptualizing Down Syndrome by Christopher Kliewer – Connections When reading this article, I kept thinking that this is basically what we have been talking about all semester.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I feel like it basically connects to all of our readings, especially when Kliewer states, “Success in life requires an ability to form relationships with others who make up the web of community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Though many of us have a certain level of control over who we meet and interact with, none of us can come close to claiming complete control.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>So we must learn to work with others, and this holds true whether we ultimately are destined…We have got to learn to get along as individuals and as citizens” (pg 73 and 74).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>In order to be successful in life we need to build relationships with other people, so to do this we must work with others work are different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p><br /> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></div>Privilege, Power and Difference – Johnson<o:p></o:p><br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This reading connects to Johnson because he states, “For all our potential, you’d think we could manage to get along with one another” (pg6).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Even though everyone is different, we should be able to “agree to disagree” and get along with each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p><br /> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Silenced Dialogue – Lisa Delpit</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lisa Delpit makes it very clear that there are codes of power and everyone is affected by the codes of power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The Codes of Power affects how students learn and how they perceive authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>By understanding these rules and code of power it will ultimately help children succeed in today’s society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Amazing Grace – Jonathan Kozol</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kozol talks about the culture of power and how it reinforces the cycle that keeps poor people in their place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>By having a classroom desgined as Kliewer suggests, the “poor people” would not be judged and would be able to live up to their potential.<o:p></o:p></div><br />Aria – Richard Rodriguez<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Teaching Multilingual Children – Virginia Collier<o:p></o:p><br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kliewer connects to Rodriguez and Collier because they suggest using the child’s strengths to teach them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Rodriguez and Collier want teachers to use the child’s first language, a strength, to teach them English, and to not take away their first language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p><br /> <br />Tracking: Why Schools Need to Take Another Route – Jeannie Oakes<o:p></o:p><br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kliewer’s article goes hand in hand with Oakes, and the idea of getting rid of tracking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Using the children’s strengths and interests is a more effective way of teaching, and is more meaningful to the children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Having all types of students together in one classroom will only benefit the students because they get to meet all types of people.<o:p></o:p><br /> <br /><br /><br />Point to Share: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>I read another article by Jonathan Kozol called <a href="https://blackboard.ric.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-1027471-dt-content-rid-1174727_2/courses/1132-RICOL-ECED-290-SEC01/kozol%20%281991%29.pdf">Savage Inequalities</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>This article is very similar to Amazing Grace, because he talks about how children in Chicago are also being trapped in this cycle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Education is not equal across the board, for these children have bad teachers, if they have a teacher at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Most of the time the teacher calls out or there is just no teacher for the class because they quit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Then he talks about one teacher, Corla Hawkins, who goes above and beyond the call of duty for her students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>These schools do not have sufficient funds because there are no businesses nearby and many people are homeless or living in apartments, so the property tax going into the city is very low.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I feel that this article also connects to Kliewer and the idea that students should not be separated in order to get quality education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p><br /> Nicole Bernierhttps://plus.google.com/117141064610837123229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4846524371680659289.post-74449801652024641662013-04-08T07:05:00.001-07:002013-04-08T07:05:26.360-07:00Literacy with an Attitude by Finn – Extended Comment and Connection <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Sorry that my blog is a little late, I was sick this weekend and I was in New Hampshire for a dance competition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>When I was reading this blog I found myself having to go back and reread paragraphs over again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Then when it came time to write my blog I had no idea which option to choose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><u>Connection to Amazing Grace by Jonathan Kozol<o:p></o:p></u></div>When I read Marissa’s blog and saw her last quote it reminded me of Kozol.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The quote Marissa picked from Finn was when Finn says, “When students begin school in such different systems, the odds are set for them” (25).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Kozol really emphasizes the cycle that keeps poor people in their place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>This same cycle connects to children in these poor schools.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>If a child is not given the materials needed to learn then how can society expect them to overcome the odds and get out of that cycle, get out of the bad neighborhood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Society wants these inner-city kids to <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>not take the easy way out and sell drugs on the street.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>But society does expect them to do all of that without a proper education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>That seems fair, right? Giving the children who need the structure the most, the least amount of structure and education is simply not right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">I agree with how Marissa said that this quote basically sums up Finn’s whole argument.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>A child can only do so much with the material that they have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>These children from the poor school districts are not dumb, they just do not have the types of materials they need to succeed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Point to Share: School is supposed to give you the material you need to be successful in life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>But if you are not given any materials then how are you supposed to succeed?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/wp-content/blogs.dir/433/files/2012/04/i-a90b66f599b485f576f1ddae4a6453d3-miracleequation.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/wp-content/blogs.dir/433/files/2012/04/i-a90b66f599b485f576f1ddae4a6453d3-miracleequation.png" width="246" /></a></div>Nicole Bernierhttps://plus.google.com/117141064610837123229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4846524371680659289.post-22800646369942902412013-03-31T18:09:00.001-07:002013-03-31T18:09:29.631-07:00Brown vs. Board of Education – Extended Comments <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">I think this week’s topic is very interesting because it is so important and relevant in today’s society.<o:p></o:p></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">I really liked when Torie said, “Many people still to this day believe that segregation does not exist in schools and in jobs but it does whether they believe it or not”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I completely agree that segregation still exists today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>When I go into Asa Messer for my service learning project I see many classes lined up in the hallway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The students are usually separated in two lines, one for the girls and one for the boys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">In high school everyone is separated, not necessarily by race or gender, but by type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The “cool” kids sit with the “cool” kids, the “jocks” with the “jocks”, and the “nerds” with the “nerds”. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>The only time that they mix is in class when they are forced to mix.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>And even in classes most of the time they are still with people from their “group”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>There is even separation in dance, and in this case I think it is a good thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I think separation is good because when boys and girls compete against each other in the dance world the outcome is not fair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Basically every time the boys will win.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The male dancers will almost always beat the girls just because they are boys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>It is very rare that a girl will beat a boy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The male dancers win because the judges score them high to win to keep them dancing, not because their dance or technique was better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The judges are afraid that if they score the male dancers low that it will result in the boys not dancing anymore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>This is why my studio goes to competitions where the boys are in their own category.<o:p></o:p></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">I thought it was really interesting how Marissa connected it to Kozol, and how poverty level plays a big part in a child’s education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I liked how she pointed out when Herbert says, “Educators know that it is very difficult to get consistently good results in schools characterized by high concentrations of poverty. The best teachers tend to avoid such schools…These, of course, are the very schools that in which so many black and Hispanic students are enrolled”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Many of the inner city children come from families with a black or Hispanic ethnicity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Many of these families are in these inner city environments because they cannot afford to live anywhere else, and many times these families can barely afford to live in the city.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Also I do not know many families that are willing to move and live in these inner city connections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>So it is basically like when the schools were segregated, the only difference is now the schools do not have to be segregated by law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Point to Share: I work with two teachers, a teacher from a Providence elementary school and a teacher from a Providence high school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The two teachers both feel very overwhelmed working in this type of community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>However, at the same time the teachers that I work with feel like they have to work in these schools, because if they do not, then who will.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>It is a lot of work; one of the teachers has 23 special education students on her case load, and does not get to see all of them every day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>But she does her best to try to work with them and help them in any way that she can.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>&nbsp;</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">I found some interesting cartoons.&nbsp; </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www2.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/scales/brown.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www2.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/scales/brown.gif" width="244" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.stus.com/images/products/con0002.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.stus.com/images/products/con0002.gif" width="274" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://yubanet.com/uploads/1/brown.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="204" src="http://yubanet.com/uploads/1/brown.gif" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>&nbsp;</div>Nicole Bernierhttps://plus.google.com/117141064610837123229noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4846524371680659289.post-80512194464732293542013-03-23T17:33:00.003-07:002013-03-23T17:33:48.746-07:00In The Service of What? by Kahne and Westheimer - Reflections <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://greermiddlecollege.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Service-Learning-Back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://greermiddlecollege.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Service-Learning-Back.jpg" width="259" /></a><a href="http://www.messiah.edu/external_programs/agape/images/service-learning_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.messiah.edu/external_programs/agape/images/service-learning_001.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I really had trouble trying to figure out what to write about in this blog, and what type of blog to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">This article describes the different ways a service learning project can be organized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>It can be organized to focus on the charity aspect, or focus on the critical inquiry and action aspect.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">I have a lot of experience with volunteering and community service.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>In high school we had to community service to graduate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>It was part of our civics class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>You had to do the hours, and then create and present a PowerPoint presentation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I remember I did my hours at the <a href="http://www.bgccl.org/"><span style="color: blue;">Boys’ and Girls’ Club of Cumberland/Lincoln.</span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I volunteered as a camp counselor during school vacation camp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>I had a lot of fun working with the children at the camp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I also did community service for my confirmation class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I did different tasks, like making signs, to help get ready for the bazar that my church has every year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>My brother coaches for <a href="http://www.specialolympicsri.org/"><span style="color: blue;">Special Olympics</span></a>, and I also help his teams sometimes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>One time they went to a flag football tournament that was at Gillette Stadium.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The teams played their games on the Patriots home field.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>It was a great experience, for the athletes and for the families.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Being able to go onto the field was an experience in itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RqWYBKrMwq4/UU5IeeMEZEI/AAAAAAAAADc/wlOftrgoXOI/s1600/SORI.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RqWYBKrMwq4/UU5IeeMEZEI/AAAAAAAAADc/wlOftrgoXOI/s320/SORI.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pvHUG0nHSaE/UU5IheCbs1I/AAAAAAAAADk/eePHZSlkoSo/s1600/SORI+@.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pvHUG0nHSaE/UU5IheCbs1I/AAAAAAAAADk/eePHZSlkoSo/s320/SORI+@.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pFtsIo7ENCM/UU5Ikp8sCAI/AAAAAAAAADs/yf-j42eNfsg/s1600/SORI+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pFtsIo7ENCM/UU5Ikp8sCAI/AAAAAAAAADs/yf-j42eNfsg/s320/SORI+3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><v:shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"> </v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:formulas> <v:path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" o:extrusionok="f"> <o:lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></o:lock></v:path></v:stroke></v:shapetype></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1hC-vd6PSds/TWRemfAjw-I/AAAAAAAAAAM/VHdEkvnpJOk/s1600/character+house.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1hC-vd6PSds/TWRemfAjw-I/AAAAAAAAAAM/VHdEkvnpJOk/s320/character+house.png" width="320" /></a>&nbsp;<br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">I thought this picture what a creative way to look at the components of service learning.<br /><br /><br /> <u>Point to Share:</u> I think service learning is a good opportunity to learn about one’s community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>To be able to make connections and relationships with people that you may not necessarily have come in contact otherwise.<o:p></o:p><br /> <o:p></o:p></div>Nicole Bernierhttps://plus.google.com/117141064610837123229noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4846524371680659289.post-8270101215545491262013-03-23T16:20:00.001-07:002013-03-23T16:20:59.300-07:00Cinderella Ate My Daugther was a Connections post.&nbsp; Nicole Bernierhttps://plus.google.com/117141064610837123229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4846524371680659289.post-56777022212023407992013-03-16T14:07:00.005-07:002013-03-16T14:09:32.884-07:00Cinderella Ate My Daughter - Peggy Orenstein<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120128043812/disney/images/2/25/New-disney-princess-lineup-rapunzel-disney-princess-18212648-1280-800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120128043812/disney/images/2/25/New-disney-princess-lineup-rapunzel-disney-princess-18212648-1280-800.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">﻿</div>I did not really like reading this article either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Although I will say it was not as bad as reading the last one, except for the length. <o:p></o:p><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">I have to disagree with Orenstein because I grew up with American Girl Dolls, Barbie’s, the Princesses, Polly Pocket, and Sesame Street.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>However my favorite color since I was in first grade is blue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I loved playing with my brother’s Legos in addition to my dolls, if someone gave me the new “girls” Legos, I probably would not play with them since they are pink.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I also disagree because there is more than one ethnicity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; <span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">There is Josefina (Hispanic), Addy (African American), Marie-Grace (Hispanic), Cecile (African American), and Ivy (Chinese). </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i4h7-yCqhgU/UUTZEs_sOGI/AAAAAAAAADM/dO82Td7dGVE/s1600/American+Girls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i4h7-yCqhgU/UUTZEs_sOGI/AAAAAAAAADM/dO82Td7dGVE/s400/American+Girls.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">I choose connections for this article because I felt that it connects to Linda Christenson’s article and Lisa Delpit’s article.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><u>Linda Christenson - Unlearning the Myths that Bind Us <o:p></o:p></u></div>Linda Christenson talks about how children are learning certain rules and views (like Delpit’s “codes of power”) from movies, stories, television shows, and books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>However the things that this article is referring to are not good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Linda Christenson states, “Our society’s culture industry colonizes their minds and teaches them how to act, live, and dream” (126).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Christenson then continues, “The ‘secret education,’ <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>as Chilean writer Ariel Dorfman dubs it, delivered by children’s books and movies, instructs young people to accept the world as it is portrayed in these social blueprints.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>And often that world depicts the domination of one sex, one race, one class, or one country over a weaker counterpart” (126).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Little girls are learning that in order to be successful they have to marry someone who is rich, and handsome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Girls are learning that one’s looks means everything, that if you are not pretty than you end up like Cinderella’s evil stepsisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Boys learn that they can treat a girl however they want because in the end they will still get the girl. <o:p></o:p><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><u>Lisa Delpit – The Silenced Dialogue<o:p></o:p></u></div>Looking at this concept of <span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">a “secret education”</span>, from a Delpit point of view, this does not make sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Lisa Delpit talks about how the codes of power influence the way we learn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Delpit talks about how children do not take direction well if the direction is implied.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>So my question is: how would children see the “secret education” that they are getting?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Lisa Delpit states, “Consequently, as Heath suggests, upon entering school the child from such a family may not understand the indirect statement of the teacher as a direct command.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Both white and black working-class children in the communities Heath studied ‘had difficulty interpreting these indirect requests for adherence to an unstated set of rules’ (34).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Children need to be told directly what to do; otherwise they will not follow the directions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>A child needs to be explicitly told what to do, so how can they get a message that is barely implied?<o:p></o:p><br /><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><u>Point to Share:</u>&nbsp;&nbsp; If a little girl wants to play princess then I think the parents should let her play princess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I also think that if a boy wants to dress up like a policeman or a fire fighter the parents should let the child dress up that way as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>But to go with that I think it is the parents’ responsibility to explain that the child can grow up to be anything they want, and the parents should support the child aspirations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>If a boy wants to be a professional dancer when he grows up, then let him, because the truth is it is more likely that he will become a professional than if a girl tried.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>A child needs to understand that looks are not everything and intelligence and learning are very important.<o:p></o:p></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>I thought it would be very interesting to see the meaning of some of the princesses’ names.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Some of the names did not have meanings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></div><u>The Meaning Behind the Princesses Names:<o:p></o:p></u><br />Cinderella = Little Ashes<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Cinderella"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Cinderella</span></a><o:p></o:p><br />Aurora = Dawn <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Aurora"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Aurora</span></a><o:p></o:p><br />Belle = Beautiful<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Belle"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Belle</span></a><o:p></o:p><br />Ariel = Lion of God<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Ariel"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Ariel</span></a><o:p></o:p><br />Jasmine = Is a type of flower<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Jasmine"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Jasmine</span></a><o:p></o:p><br />Pocahontas = Playful <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Pocahontas"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Pocahontas</span></a><o:p></o:p>Nicole Bernierhttps://plus.google.com/117141064610837123229noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4846524371680659289.post-42543983059158129292013-03-02T16:53:00.003-08:002013-03-02T16:53:26.086-08:00Unlearning The Myths That Bind Us by Linda Christenson - Argument<div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://pinoteam.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/disney_animated_classics_by_ciro1984.jpeg" width="320" /></div>Like many children I grew up watching the Disney movies, my all-time favorite is the Lion King.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>So for me, reading this article was not that enjoyable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p><br /> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">This author, Linda Christenson, argues that society’s culture takes possession of the minds of young children and teaches them how to act, live and dream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>She argues that television shows, magazines, books, and movies all contribute to a “secret education” that people are getting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>This “secret education” is manipulating the way we think, live, act and even dream. <o:p></o:p></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">By writing this article she wants students to be able to uncover the values that are embedded in movies and companies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Linda Christenson wants students and society to critique representations of hierarchy and inequality in children’s movies and cartoons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>She also wants them to imagine a better world that is characterized by relationships of respect and equality.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Videos that show the authors argument:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://1.gvt0.com/vi/Sw98_2rtbH0/0.jpg"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Sw98_2rtbH0&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Sw98_2rtbH0&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/Cie1itWNZlo?feature=player_embedded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/sY1W8fbemLo?feature=player_embedded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">If society is framed by our entertainment then how come the “good guys”, for the most part, finish last?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>If in movies the hero or the good guy is supposed to get ahead in movies, then why do so many people who are liars and cheats get ahead in life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><strong>Point to Share</strong>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Cinderella is about a girl who is treated poorly by her stepmother and stepsisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>She defies all odds by going to the ball.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Her “family” does everything in their power to stop Cinderella from going to the ball.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Yet this servant girl does make it to the ball in a beautiful gown, and falls in love with the prince.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Cinderella was their servant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>This movie shows that people can make it through hard times, and can make a better life for themself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Aladdin is very similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>However in this movie they are Middle Eastern and the peasant is the boy. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Many of these movies are created to bring hope to children that they may be able to be happy in life.&nbsp;&nbsp;I think that people are over analyzing these movies; they are supposed to show children that telling lies only gets you in trouble, you cannot run away from a problem, and to stay true to who you really are.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> <a href="http://images.wikia.com/disney/images/0/08/Disney-Princess-Group-disney-princess-24608767-1440-900.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://images.wikia.com/disney/images/0/08/Disney-Princess-Group-disney-princess-24608767-1440-900.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">&nbsp;</div>Nicole Bernierhttps://plus.google.com/117141064610837123229noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4846524371680659289.post-31205242937215275602013-02-24T07:07:00.003-08:002013-02-24T07:07:17.286-08:00Safe Spaces by August - Hyperlinks<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://borderhouseblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/safe-spaces.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://borderhouseblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/safe-spaces.jpg" width="320" /></a>I enjoyed reading this article.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I liked how it discussed the main point and then examples of how it was not used and then how it can be used.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I found this organization very helpful, and made it easy to read and follow. <o:p></o:p></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">To make schools safer for everyone, you need to think about curriculum and communication.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>August states, “Curriculum and communication – distinct but inter-related aspects of classroom life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Neglect one, and the other is bound to suffer; improve one, and the other will likely benefit” (85).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>You need to incorporate the material about LGBT into your lessons and you need talk about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Explain that a family can come in many different types, and that a family is people taking care of each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">One of the stories that really stood out at me was the story of Zeke Lerner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>He is the kindergarten teacher that uses two strategies: integration and interpretation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>He chooses books like <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Family Book</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Who’s In a Family</i>, and the book <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And Tango Makes Three</i>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/WyPjUa908hM?feature=player_embedded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: blue;"></span><o:p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyPjUa908hM"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyPjUa908hM</span></a></o:p></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The book <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And Tango Makes Three</i> caught my eye because it is about penguins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I think this book is a fun and interesting way to discuss a family and how animals are born and raised.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I probably would have been interested in this book because it is about animals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/newslettersnewsletterbucketextrahelping2/890143-477/and_tango_makes_three_tops.html.csp"><span style="color: blue;">'And Tango Makes Three' Tops Most Challenged List<span style="font-style: normal;"> </span>Again</span></a></i>is an article that talks about how the book <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And Tango Makes Three </i>is one of the most challenged books on the <a href="http://www.ala.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">American Library Association's</span></a>(ALA) <a href="http://ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/mediapresscenter/americaslibraries2011/index.cfm" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">State of America's Libraries Report</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The article then talks about another book by Richardson and Parnell, <a href="http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/home/889753-312/lambda_literary_award_finalists_unveiled.html.csp" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: blue;">Christian, the Hugging Lion</span></i></a>, which is a finalist in the <a href="http://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/2011-finalists/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Lambda Literary Awards</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Christian, the Hugging Lion</i> is about a two men who adopt and release a lion cub, and then are reunited with the cub years later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The article says that the base of the story is that even after the lion is released into the wild; it still loves his male parents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The two books are basically about the same thing, two fathers who come to the rescue and raise a helpless baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Why is it different if it is two men raising a lion cub or two male penguins raising a chick?<o:p></o:p></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">I also found this article that discusses how to teach this book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>It gives you different questions to ask children to help them understand that there are many different types of families.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="http://www.teachingchildrenphilosophy.org/wiki/And_Tango_Makes_Three"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://www.teachingchildrenphilosophy.org/wiki/And_Tango_Makes_Three</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">&nbsp;</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Point to Share:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The chapter starts with an example of a classroom, and how it creates a division of one’s academic and personal life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When a student or a teacher walks into a room, they bring all of their baggage with them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They bring their family life, culture, and their beliefs into the picture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You cannot expect a child or the teacher to pretend that part of them does not exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div>Nicole Bernierhttps://plus.google.com/117141064610837123229noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4846524371680659289.post-61864371357057085792013-02-15T07:42:00.001-08:002013-02-15T07:42:36.944-08:00Aria by Richard Rodriquez - Reflection <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="http://www.hiphoparchive.org/files/images/richard_rodriguez_2_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.hiphoparchive.org/files/images/richard_rodriguez_2_0.jpg" /></a><span style="color: blue;">Half way through reading this article I knew exactly what type of post I was going to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>This article connected to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Working in a daycare, and teaching dance and gymnastics, I come across language barriers often.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="color: blue;"> At the daycare I work at, we have three different families that speak Russian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>One little girl's&nbsp;parents speak both Russian and English very well, and she also speaks both languages very well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Another little girl that goes to the daycare,&nbsp;was born in Russia, and came from an orphanage in Russia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>A co-worker of mine is also from Russia and spoke to the little girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The little girl told her about how she was treated by the older children at the orphanage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The older children would torment the younger children with scary stories of what happened to their parents, and overall treating them poorly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>This particular little girl also talks in English very well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The third little girl,&nbsp;would only talk in Russian when she first came to the daycare, or she would not talk at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Her parents speak English, and said she knew English, but she was too shy to talk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Now that she has adjusted to the daycare she talks all of the time in English.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Actually we cannot get her to stop talking half of the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: blue;">This article also made me think of my first tutoring session on Wednesday because the teacher was telling me about a little boy&nbsp;whose parents do not speak English.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I believe she said that both parents speak Spanish at home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>However the boy’s mother also speaks a Native American language at home as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>She then said that it is a wonder that he even functions at all having to learn the two languages at home and then English in school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Surprisingly,&nbsp;he speaks English fairly well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span style="color: #073763;"><u>Point to Share:</u> I just hope that the families of the United States of an America that do not speak English and are forced to learn it are not being torn apart like the family in the article.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>A mother should have to make small talk to have a conversation with her family.</span><br /><span style="color: #073763;"></span><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #073763;">I think that is article really connects to Amazing Grace by Jonathan Kozol, and The Silenced Dialogue by Lisa Delpi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Aria and Amazing Grace both show how families are affected by the “culture of power”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>In Amazing Grace, families were moved into the south Bronx because they were not part of the middle or upper classes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>They were poor families, so they stuck them in a bad part of New York.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>We basically told these people that they were not good enough to live where they wanted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>In Aria, the family was told to speak English, “for the sake of their children”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>They did not speak English so the nuns forced the parents to only speak English at home, changing the children’s home environment.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: blue;">&nbsp; </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States">Languages of the United States</a></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: blue;"></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span>&nbsp;</span></div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><br /> Nicole Bernierhttps://plus.google.com/117141064610837123229noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4846524371680659289.post-20542156952708514672013-02-09T14:02:00.004-08:002013-02-09T15:58:44.261-08:00Amazing Grace by Jonathan Kozol - QuotesOne quote that’s important is, “She seems resigned to things the way they are. ‘That’s how it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>What can I say?’ she often asks” (Kozol 17).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>This first time I noticed Kozol using this quote is when he is having a conversation with Alice Washington about the newspapers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Kozol uses that line again when Alice is talking about the young girl&nbsp;who had to be buried by the city.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>It sounds like Alice Washington feels that she has to apologize for the way her city works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Alice is apologizing for the condition that the city is in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>It is not Alice’s fault that those children were shot in the park, that families are ruined because of shootings; she did not pull the trigger. <o:p></o:p><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Another quote that I found was, “As confident and grown-up as he sounds, he has the round face of a baby and is scarcely more than three and a half feet tall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>When he has bad dreams, he tells me, ‘I go in my mommy’s bed and crawl under the covers’” (Kozol 8).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I thought this quote was really important because it shows that even though Cliffe acts tough, he is still a little boy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The innocence that children have is being taken away from them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Cliffe is so used to seeing violence, drug deals and other things in his neighborhood that he got used to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>But how can a child become so comfortable with all of the violence that occurs in an area like that, if some grown men cannot handle it when they go to war? <o:p></o:p></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">I think is important is when Kozol says, “Many social scientists today appear to hold this point of view and argue that the largest portion of the suffering poor people undergo has to be blamed upon their own “behaviors,” a word they tend to pluralize” (21).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Any sane person would not willingly choose to have two different types of cancer, contract AIDs, and be beaten by her husband.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Kozol ends his description with the statement, “I have yet to figure out what she has done that was irrational” (22).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I will agree that sometimes people’s actions are the reason that they become poor or homeless, for example losing everything due to gambling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>In many cases people who are poor/homeless have a similar story to Alice Washington.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>How can they be blamed?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>People tell them to get a job; do what you need to, to move up in life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Unfortunately it’s not that simple.<o:p></o:p></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Point to share:</b> People do end up in these situations, and have to learn how to cope to be able to survive. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>But one thing that people should know is that not every single person that lives there is a scum-bag.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Just because it is a bad city or neighborhood, does not mean all of the people who live there are bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&amp;q=central+falls&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=0x89e442920b3d8ae9:0x4954daec0d831efd,Central+Falls,+RI&amp;gl=us&amp;ei=MsgWUc65G_Os0AH7oYGgCQ&amp;ved=0CLMBELYD"><span style="color: blue;">Central Falls</span></a> is a great example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>One time my dance teacher drove me to the studio, and drove through Central Falls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>She thought we were going to get shot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I go to church in Central Falls, and if you drive through Central Falls, you are not going to get shot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></div>Nicole Bernierhttps://plus.google.com/117141064610837123229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4846524371680659289.post-70117176141957784512013-02-08T11:20:00.004-08:002013-02-09T15:52:39.616-08:00Introduction<br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #073763;">I am a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcVfk7lrs50">dancer</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I dance at <a href="http://www.sosdance.com/">Shannon O’Brien School of Dance</a> in Seekonk, Massachusetts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I have been <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78IqDno9EwA">dancing</a> for 17 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I love working with children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I work in a <a href="http://www.drdaycare.com/">daycare</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>I teach dance and gymnastics. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>Since I was probably about six years old I have wanted to be a teacher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I am taking this class because I want to enroll into the Early Childhood Education program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>My dream has always been to teach Preschool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I love to travel; I went to Spain and Morocco my senior year of high school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>My family has a camper and we go camping every weekend from April to October.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>My family and I have camped in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Vermont, Connecticut, and Canada.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I have also been to Florida a couple of times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I also like photography, and animals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>My favorite things to take pictures of are animals and landscapes.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></div>Nicole Bernierhttps://plus.google.com/117141064610837123229noreply@blogger.com0